Question

I am working through the Mvc Music Store tutorial and am stuck on this LINQ query as it keeps telling me that the sequence has no elements. My model matches the model in the tutorial and I have inserted data into it. I have modified it so instead of albums it is designs.

var genreModel = storeDB.DesignTypes.Include("Designs")
            .Single(g => g.Name == designType); -> no elements in sequence

var viewModel = new StoreBrowseViewModel() {
    Genre = genreModel,
    Albums = genreModel.Designs.ToList()
};

return View(viewModel);

Answer 1

use FirstOrDefault instead of Single:

var genreModel = storeDB.DesignTypes.Include("Designs")
            .FirstOrDefault(g => g.Name == designType);

From msdn:

Enumerable.Single Method
Returns the only element of a
sequence, and throws an exception if
there is not exactly one element in
the sequence.

You have more than one match item or no item.